Nikon d780 exposure issue

[sen-la]

Hello
My Nikon d780 took photos outdoies fine 1 week ago. Today the photo is over exposed with a flashing black area on photo preview. Can you help? I adjusted exposure it just changed the flashing black area location on photo.ty

 

[sen-la]

Hello
My Nikon d780 took photos outdoies fine 1 week ago. Today the photo is over exposed with a flashing black area on photo preview. Can you help? I adjusted exposure it just changed the flashing black area location on photo.ty

An ah ha moment - I adjusted exposure to -1.3 and no more flashing. I guess I can adjust + or - either way. Just depending on natural light available. Any advice is welome.

 

[Peter7100]

I tend to only adjust the exposure compensation in situations when maybe looking for a silhouette effect or maybe the moon where there is large light differences within the scene. Otherwise cameras are very good in my opinion of selecting the correct exposure.

 

[Dawg Pics]

I use the highlight blinkies to alert me of blown highlights in harsh, reflected light, tombstones, white birds, etc. I tend to forget that I changed the exposure compensation, so it is the first thing I look at when things go wonky. That and if I accidentally bumped the lock switch on the back of the camera. "Why can't I move my focus point?" (bumped the switch again)

Something to watch out for is if your camera is on Aperture priority, and manual ISO, if you change the exposure compensation, the camera will adjust the shutter speed, so you could get a shutter speed that is too low for hand-held. On Shutter priority, it changes the aperture. If you are in M, A, S or P with 'auto iso' engaged, it will change the ISO setting. If on P with manual ISO, it could change both aperture and shutter settings. At least that is how my D500 acts.

Good luck, have fun.